The woman turned to Suzaku and grinned.

"A young boy looking for a princess? Doesn't that sound romantic?"

"I'm not really looking for her. I just want to know more about her."

"Before asking about someone, shouldn't you give your own information? That's a more polite way of doing it. And it might get you better results."

"My name is Suzaku Kururugi, ma'am."

"Why hello there Suzaku. My name is Rakshata. And I do happen to have some information on Princess Euphemia."

- - -

Lelouch and Rolo sat down in a diner and looked through the book. The pages were mostly about the empresses, their families and their lives before and after becoming a wife of the emperor.

"I guess we should find Marianne first, since we don't know Euphemia's mother", Lelouch decided.

It didn't take long to find her. Marianne was the fifth wife of the emperor. She was a commoner who rose in the ranks and became a knight.

"She is an extraordinary person. Let's see if her family gives us any clues."

- - -

"Burn us? Now that's original", C.C. teased the men before her.

"What did you say?! Maybe we should make this more public! Witches should be ashamed of themselves!"

"We're not witches!", Nunnally yelled.

C.C. grabbed Nunnally's hand in an attempt to soothe her. "It'll be alright Nunnally."

The younger girl tried to calm herself. Her brothers would come and get her, like they always did.

"That's not why it'll be alright", C.C. said.

"What?", Nunnally wondered if she was reading her mind.

"You will save us Nunnally. You wanted to be helpful, right?"

"You mean, you'll give me power? Like Lelouch and Rolo?"

"Yes. I will give you a geass. And that will complete the contract."

- - -

"What do you know of Princess Euphemia?"

"She's the Third Princess, and has an older sister who's the Second Princess. And she's incredibly popular with the commoners."

"How do you know this?"

"It's common knowledge for anyone who's been to the royal capital. I'm only in this town for business."

"Business?", Suzaku questioned. This woman was strange.

"Yeah. But that's another story."

"The princess knew my friend, but he never met her before."

"Hmmm?"

"His name is Lelouch. And he has a younger brother and sister, Rolo and Nunnally."

At this Rakshata's eyes widened. "Lelouch!? And the twins!? Where are they?!"

"Uh, well. . ."

- - -

Lelouch grinned at the information he just found. Rolo looked at him confused.

"Let's go find the others", he said.

"Brother, what did you find?"

"I'll tell you when we've got everyone together."

Lelouch and Rolo tried to find a store where the girls would shop. Suddenly they both stopped in their tracks. They both got a feeling that C.C. was in danger. Following their instinct they headed into the forest.

- - -

Nunnally closed her eyes and felt a strange sensation. When C.C. let go of her hand, Nunnally opened her eyes. One of the men was starting a fire. Nunnally concentrated on the something else. She didn't want to think about what would happen if Lelouch, Rolo, or Suzaku didn't come.

'Lelouch.'

When Nunnally thought of him something flashed before her. She saw Lelouch appear from the trees and was tackled to the ground by the man who was not working on the fire. She gasped at what she saw. A rustling came from the leaves. Nunnally tried to distract her captors.

"I'm trying to tell you! We're innocent! We haven't done anything wrong!"

"I'm getting tired of your mouth", the man said.

He held up a flaming torch and walked toward Nunnally with it. Before he could even get halfway there a rock was thrown and hit him square in the head. He fell to the ground unconcious and the torch fell and began to spread.

Lelouch and Rolo appeared from the direction the rock was thrown. Lelouch turned to the remaining man.

"Take your friend and go back to town", he ordered.

The man nodded and picked up his incapacitated accomplice and left. Rolo made quick work of untying C.C. and Nunnally. The younger girl grabbed her brothers in a hug.

"Thank goodness", she said.

"Nunnally, you couldn't have seen neither me nor Rolo coming", Lelouch said.

"No I didn't."

"Then why did you distract them like that?", he asked.

"Well, because. . .I guess that's what my geass is", she answered innocently.

"Wait! Your what?!"

"Brother! The fire!", Rolo yelled.

The small flame had spread and was getting bigger. They quickly ran from the forest and back into the town. By now you could see the smoke. Many people ran out to stop it before the fire reached the village.

Lelouch turned to C.C. She turned to him as well with a blank look.

"Am I to believe you've made another contract? With my sister no less!"

"It's the final contract. Now I have all the people I need to find my name."

"Maybe you should tell me exactly what you gave Nunnally."

"It seems her geass allows her to see people's future. Very useful", she answered with a grin.

"Lelouch!"

All of them turned and saw Suzaku running toward them. He immediately addressed Lelouch.

"I met someone who knows Euphie. But that's not as important as what else I found out!"

"I think the information I found might trump yours", Lelouch said holing the book Rolo took. "But first let's get out of this town."

Lelouch didn't like the idea of someone trying to kill his sister. They retrieved their horses and were on their way. When Lelouch thought they were a safe distance away, they set up camp for the night. Pendragon was only two days away.

"So Lelouch, are you gonna tell us what you found?"

- - - - - - -

Up next: What did Lelouch find? What's gonna happen in Pendragon? What about Suzaku's news?

And just a quick note: Nunnally's geass is based on the AU Code Geass manga Nightmare of Nunnally.